Minimum hard drive size

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I am using my computer as a video work horse, converting, editing, rendering, burning, etc. I have heard that it is best to use a different hard drive to hold the operating system, than the drive used for storing the media. I have an old 2.1 Gb hard drive in another computer. Is this too small to run Win XP from? My other drive is 120 Gb.
 
Ivan;
Absolute minimum should be 4gb.
That allows for updates, Service Packs etc but no applications or
other data.

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Ivan Vasko said:
I am using my computer as a video work horse, converting, editing,
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rendering, burning, etc. I have heard that it is best to use a
different hard drive to hold the operating system, than the drive used
for storing the media. I have an old 2.1 Gb hard drive in another
computer. Is this too small to run Win XP from? My other drive is 120
Gb.
 
I wouldn't use that 2.1 gig hard drive even if it was big enough.
It is likely much slower than your 120 gig hard drive and you'd see a
definite difference in speed between the two hard drives.

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Ivan Vasko said:
I am using my computer as a video work horse, converting, editing,
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rendering, burning, etc. I have heard that it is best to use a different
hard drive to hold the operating system, than the drive used for storing the
media. I have an old 2.1 Gb hard drive in another computer. Is this too
small to run Win XP from? My other drive is 120 Gb.
 
As a slave?

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You could partition the 120 gb drive to achieve a similar result.

Buy Partition Magic:
http://www.powerquest.com/partitionmagic/

or Bootit NG, www.bootitng.com -- 30-days fully functional shareware.


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Hope this helps.

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